Just curious, did you read the rules or reasons or just look at the list?
Tifa's arguably the most iconic female Final Fantasy Character overall, but in the 90's Lara Croft was everywhere. Even my grandmother knew who Lara was. It's not even close as to who is more iconic during that generation.
Compare Bayonetta to Ellie. Ellie has no real features that make her identifiable from any other teenage girl with bad teeth. If you walk down a busy ...
The list is divided by console generation, not just a list of personal favorites.
Super Metroid is a near perfect game. I LOVE what Mercury Steam has done with Samus Returns and what I've seen of Dread, but Super Metroid is as good now as it was when it released. Absolutely timeless.
Glad to see you're back. Reminds me of the good old days. Metroid Dread is definitely gonna hit 4 million at least.
Iconic is a few things balanced together. Your grandmother doesn't have to recognize a character for her to be iconic, but it doesn't hurt. Samus was in Other M in the seventh gen, which redesigned her look and attitude away from classic, iconic Samus, so there's no way she was going to be the pick for the generation. Kitana isn't even popular in her own series, Mileena is more popular, and she just had a major design change as well. Jill had an iconic look in the PS1 era and ...